Description

We are located in the Eastern Townships. We have a dairy donkey farm and we produce donkey milk cosmetics. We have a great land where it is good to live.

We are a family of 4: Cécile, Marie-Noëlle, Sasha (7 years) and Florane (11 years). Our daughters are curious and sociable, they will be happy to explain life on the farm! We opted for a simple lifestyle and practice self-sufficiency to the maximum.

To do this, we have gardens but also chickens, fowl, pig, quails (this year we want to add ducks). Not to mention our pet cow and our dog, a Bernese Mountain Dog.

We have been welcoming travelers for 3 years already. We like to build bonds and make our culture known. Cécile is French while Marie-Noëlle is a Quebecer. The farm is the ancestral farm of the latter.

We raise donkeys with respect for their nature. We like to live at their own pace and learn from them. Donkeys are very safe and sociable animals (they come to seek contact with humans).

We take full advantage of what nature offers us and love to share!
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Type of help

Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

They will learn about organic production, manual labor, donkeys, simple lifestyle, working with animals and getting in touch with them. We offer an immersion in a Franco-Québécois family. Our daughters are very sociable and the bonds are tied, in general, very quickly. We like to make known our corner of the country as well as the way of life on a farm.
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Help

For the spring/summer is planned: construction of shelters in fields, fences, to clean and to brush donkeys, excavation, gardening, firewood ... This year, we look for somebody who loves the public to hold the farm during the visits and\or give explanations to the visitors on the company and on the production.

We also look for the rare pearl which would be interested to stay with us all summer long (in July and August). She will have to be bilingual with a level of excellent English because her main occupation would be to play with our daughters in English. In reality, the girls are very autonomous and do not need to be kept, but we look for an English-speaking dumping at the house for her. The ideal would be that this person is interested in the arts, the music (we have several instruments at the house: piano, violin, cello, ukulele, flute) and like animals. Sometimes, we would also need help with the clientele.
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Languages spoken

français

Accommodation

Last year, we bought a large caravan (room, living room, kitchenette, refrigerator ...) so that the visitors have their privacy. We placed it near the house and everyone therefore also has free access to the house. The meals are taken 100% or in part with the family, according to the wishes of each one. We do not have specific rules on this and we discuss with everyone.
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What else ...

We are looking for open and respectful people. You have internet access, but we ask you to use it outside your hours worked and not in the house (in order to give more space to interpersonal relationships). No work under pressure, but we still want work to move forward. We like it when people are volunteers and we do not feel comfortable putting pressure to bear.
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